Feb 20, 2026 | Social Media
Authors: Lisa Archbold and Faith Gordon Australia’s nationwide social media ban moved from political debate to a lived reality on 10 December 2025. Media reports signal that the mood across the country was largely a mix of anxiety, confusion and frustration. Young...
Jun 20, 2022 | Fake news, Freedom of expression, Journalism, News media, Social Media
The ILPC Book Launch Event – Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism (Elgar Law 2021) took place on 11th May. The ILPC was delighted to host this online event and congratulates former ILPC Research Associate Dr Peter Coe (University of Reading) on its...
May 7, 2020 | Children, Covid-19, Social Media, Uncategorized
Sonia Livingstone discusses the potential consequences of families’ reliance on technology during the COVID-19 crisis. She concludes that life under lockdown has the potential to either hasten a digital future in which our lives are tracked and monetised in...
Apr 30, 2020 | Covid-19, Fake news, Social Media
The coronavirus pandemic has brought out the very best in humanity. On the one hand, it has brought communities together: people are supporting each other in a myriad of different ways. From simply talking to neighbours who they may never have said more than a few...
Aug 29, 2019 | Internet regulation, Social Media
Back in the 1990s – a lifetime ago in internet terms – the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells published several books charting the rise of information networks. He predicted that in the networked age, more value would accrue in controlling flows of information than...
Jul 19, 2019 | Government policy, Internet regulation, Social Media
This post was originally written by Dr Damian Tambini, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, for the LSE Media Policy Project Blog. It has been an extraordinarily busy year in UK tech policy. The Furman Review reported on digital...
